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谪仙

zhé xiān

2-character word Traditional 謫仙

What 谪仙 means

1. a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai {李白|Lǐ Bái}
2. (fig.) banished official

The characters in 谪仙

• 谪zhéto relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region…
• 仙xiānimmortal

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